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Unless Congress passes legislation with a financial package to keep it running, the federal government will shut down beginning at 12:01am Sunday, Oct. 1....

Winged visitors alien to the area have been casting their large shadows over Contra Costa and Stanislaus counties recently.  Preservation group Save Mount Diablo said...

Lightning caused four small wildfires in Santa Clara, Monterey and San Benito counties as thunderstorms rumbled across the area Sept. 9, the National Weather...

It’s time for San Benito County to fully capitalize on Pinnacles National Park as a way to draw tourists here, open more eyes to...

Hartman makes President’s List Jenna Hartman, of Hollister, was named to the Schreiner University President’s List for the spring semester.   To be eligible for the President's...

The San Benito County Chamber Foundation and Pinnacles National Park are organizing the first-ever virtual Pinnacles National Park Adventure Run.  The public is invited to...

Three earthquakes between 2.8 and 3.8 magnitude shook Monday afternoon less than two hours apart in San Benito County near Pinnacles National Park. The first...

As the North American tectonic plate and the Pacific tectonic plate continue to shift 1.5 inches per year, Pinnacles National Park moves farther away from the Neenach formations in Lancaster, Calif., informally known as “the other part of Pinnacles”. Hayat Abuza had been working near Lancaster at the California Poppy Reserve State Park last year, without knowing that it had a connection to the rock formations at Pinnacles National Park. She now serves as a ranger at Pinnacles National Park leading walks for the public. Her poetry hikes were some of her favorites events while at Pinnacles.

Love is in the air at Pinnacles National Park and around San Benito County as a variety of raptors, birds of prey, begin their nesting season. Raptors are a common and beautiful sight at Pinnacles during the nesting season, which typically runs from January to August. As specialized hunters, raptors have powerful beaks and talons for tearing apart prey, and exceptional eyesight for locating food from great distances. Most raptors can see even small prey animals clearly from almost 2 miles away, thanks to their telescopic vision.

Pinnacles National Park—sometimes called “The secret gem of the Central Coast”—has towering rock formations that formed approximately 23 million years ago, historic structures from the first homesteaders, buildings constructed by the the Civilian Conservation Corps, and wildlife activities like the California Condor Recovery Program.